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It traces the cultural history of these crops, from their significance for the indigenous populations in their regions of origin, through their adoption by explorers and conquerors, to their subsequent establishment in Europe. Potatoes, runner beans, pumpkins and maize only reached Europe from the \u2018New World\u2019 after the discovery of America. Initially, they were cultivated primarily as ornamental plants in botanical gardens and princely gardens, before later gaining importance as foodstuffs. Flax \u2013 the oldest cultivated plant in Central Europe \u2013 also indirectly provides the title for the exhibition: The idiom \u201ca journey into the blue\u201d may originally have referred to travelling through vast, mostly blue-flowering fields of flax. Today, agriculture faces challenges such as newly introduced pests and increasing extreme weather events, which are exacerbated not least by climate change. 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